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[angelophile]

Damn, I miss Father Ted.

Three series before the death of its star, Dermot Morgan, cut this series short. Three years of perfect insanity, including the moment where a whole troupe of priests are lost in Ireland's largest Lingerie department and it turns into something akin to Apocalypse Now, Ted trying to explain perspective to Dougal, Ted explaining the difference between Fascists and priests ("Fascists dress in black and go around telling people what to do, whereas priests..."), Father Jack's hairy hands, "My Lovely Horse", Speed 3 with a milkfloat, flight into death...



Set on the extremely remote fictional Craggy Island off the west coast of Ireland, three priests preside over the island parish: Father Ted Crilly (played by Dermot Morgan), the simple-minded Father Dougal McGuire (played by Ardal O'Hanlon) and the perpetually drunken, lecherous and foul-mouthed elderly priest, Father Jack Hackett (played by Frank Kelly). They have a housekeeper Mrs Doyle (played by Pauline McLynn), who is hell-bent on serving tea to all and sundry.

It's one of the best of British comedies, managing swipes at catholicism while being equally whimsical and pleasant. Surreal in parts, slapstick in others, all verbal comedy in others, it's comedy in the best vein of Blackadder or Python.

If you've never seen it, go bittorrent some now.

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